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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 6]
nirbhinnāny asya carmāṇi loka-pālo' nilo' viśat prāṇenāmśena saṁsparśaṁ yenāsau pratipadyate
nirbhinnāni—being separated; asya—of the gigantic form; carmāṇi—skin; loka-pālaḥ—the director; anilaḥ—air; aviśat—entered; prāṇena aṁśena—the part of the breathing; saṁsparśaṁ—touch; yena—by which; asau—the living entity; pratipadyate—can experience.
TRANSLATION
When there was a manifestation of skin separated from the gigantic form, Anila, the deity directing the mind, entered with partial touch, and thus the living entities can realize tactile knowledge.
TEXT 17
कर्णावस्य विनिर्भिन्नौ धिष्ण्यं स्वं विविशुद्धिंशः । श्रोत्रेणांशेन शब्दस्य सिद्धिं येन प्रपद्यते ॥१७॥
karṇāvasya vinirbhinnau dhiṣṇyaṁ svaṁ viviśur diśaḥ śrotreṇāmśena śabdasya siddhiṁ yena prapadyate
karṇau—the ears; asya—of the gigantic form; vinirbhinnau—being thus separated; dhiṣṇyaṁ—the controlling deity; svaṁ—own; viviśuḥ—entered; diśaḥ—of the directions; śrotreṇa aṁśena—with the hearing principles; śabdasya—of the sound; siddhiṁ—perfection; yena—by which; prapadyate—is experienced.
TRANSLATION
When the ears of the gigantic form became manifested, all the controlling deities of the directions entered into them with the hearing principles, by which all the living entities hear and take advantage of sound.
PURPORT
The ear is the most important instrument in the body of the living entity. Sound is the most important medium for carrying the message of distant and unknown things. The perfection of all sound or knowledge enters through the ear and makes one's life perfect. The entire Vedic